Brian @ Power British wrote:
> It is quite common for you to not be able to open the
> doors when the car is completely up on jackstands.
> The TR-6 is a notoriously flexible chassis and even
> beautiful, unmolested chassis are subject to the same
> condition you describe. It will go back to the way it
> was when back on the ground without any fuss. If you
> want to close the door completely, jack up from the
> rear of the car onto the cross-tube where the stud that
> holds the spare tire comes through. Put a piece of
> wood on the jack to avoid damaging threads on the
> stud.
Is there any way to strengthen the TR4A / TR250 / TR6 chassis so it doesn't
flex and twist as much? And I'm speaking of procedures that are short of
welding the doors shut Dukes of Hazzard style (although I thought about
that).
In extreme cases, upon landing of a TR6 back onto earth, the chassis will
flex so much that the upper tips of the doors will get creased and banged up
(ask me how I know).
CTM Engineering in the UK < http://ctmengineering.hypermart.net/ > lists a
reinforcing kit for the chassis, but without diagrams I am wondering what
areas it applies to.
Cheers,
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Kai M. Radicke -- kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu
'74 Triumph TR6 -- http://www.pil.net/~felix
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